[US Navy Vet]

I was on USS Independence CV-62 South of Iran in the Arabian Sea 1980. Waited 2 1/2 hour in line to get a PATHETIC "Thanksgiving""Meal". Was thankful anyway.

[grcuster]

1976, Eglin AFB, FL

[Grognard49]

Thanksgiving & Christmas 1967 at Keesler AFB MS attending ATC Radar Maintenance school. Seemed strange for this Northern boy to go for a walk on the beach after the Thanksgiving meal.

[gnarledmaw]

Sage building, KI Sawyer. We had it pretty good. I often only got in one meal a day back then but I was able to make the best of it. We had some unusually good cooks, there was a Ssgt Wade Somebody who was great at the whole budget/menu juggle and always made sure we had the best stuff for supper. On top of that there was some semi-famous chef who had gotten bored in retirement and came to help supervise and teach in the kitchen and made the best soups.

No green sliders for me.

[PubliusMM]

Monterey, CA. At the Presidio.

[YOMO]

My Last year in 1967. USS Hancock CVA 19 Yankee Station.
My Folks left the Christmas tree up until I came home in June the next year. Dead needles all over the floor. Nothing left except dead branches, ornaments, and the stuff under the tree.

I know it was a fire hazard but my Mom wanted me to see Christmas at home.

[spintreebob]

Pleiku for Thanksgiving. I left Vietnam Christmas eve, 1 week before the Tet Offensive.

[Pollster1]

First Thanksgiving? School.

Second Thanksgiving? More schooling (Submarine school).

Third Thanksgiving, and several others? “North”.

[Pirate Ragnar]

Fort Leonard Wood Missouri, 18th Engineer Brigade.

[Lumper20]

On T Day 66 I was out of BCT ( Ft Knox) and in AIT (Ft Dix, NJ),

[Sine_Pari]

Ft Bragg, NC in 1985. The chow hall was closed so a few Platoon Sergeants took us privates living in the barracks to eat with their families. This was one of my first and fondest experiences of “taking care of our own” as I learned during my first year of service.

By far the worst (which included a meal) was Iraq, 2008. Everything had curry in it to include the turkey, mashed potatoes and green beans.

That said, I’ve always been thankful to the Lord for allowing me to serve the greatest nation this world has ever seen.

Regards.

[Empireoftheatom48]

At Ft. Dix BCT. I had KP the day prior man that was crazy. My Mom and Dad came for Thanksgiving at our Mess Hall.

[Alas Babylon!]

1976—NORAD Combat Operation Center, Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. 1900 feet deep in the solid granite mountain.

We had our own Dining Hall. Great food anytime!

[xrmusn]

I started Boot Camp 10NOV56 so I was still enough in awe to not really ‘care’ about Thanksgiving.
I do think we were allowed a couple days leave at Christmas as we were nearer Graduation.

[CIApilot]

Torrejon AFB, Madrid, Spain, 1966-69